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From G.A. Parsons to Robert M. Stewart
[page 1]
Office of Adjutant General
Of the state of Missouri
City of Jefferson
December 8th 1860
His Excellency
Robert M[.] Stewart
Commander in Chief of the Missouri Volunteer Militia
Sir[,]
In obedience to orders from Head Quarters No[.] , dated November 28th 1860 (a copy of which is hereto appended), I proceeded forth with upon the receipt of the same to the southwestern border of the state, the scene of the present disturbances.
En route I called upon Brigadier General Frost[,] commanding general of the forces in the field, and after consultation with him I continued my tour to Papinville in Bates County where after careful inquiries of the most reliable and respectable citizens of that county and of the county of Vernon, I have ascertained the following to be substantially the

This dispatch, dated December 8, 1860, is from G.A. Parsons, Adjutant General of the Missouri Militia, to Missouri Gov. Robert M. Stewart. Parsons reports that a “band of marauders of Kansas Territory” murdered a Missouri citizen for capturing a fugitive slave. The 300 mounted and armed marauders, under the command of James Montgomery and Charles Jennison, have also captured slaves and threatened the lives of Missouri citizens. Parsons asks Stewart to send troops to the border to protect citizens “threatened with arson plunder and death.”

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From G.A. Parsons to Robert M. Stewart
[page 1]
Office of Adjutant General
Of the state of Missouri
City of Jefferson
December 8th 1860
His Excellency
Robert M[.] Stewart
Commander in Chief of the Missouri Volunteer Militia
Sir[,]
In obedience to orders from Head Quarters No[.] , dated November 28th 1860 (a copy of which is hereto appended), I proceeded forth with upon the receipt of the same to the southwestern border of the state, the scene of the present disturbances.
En route I called upon Brigadier General Frost[,] commanding general of the forces in the field, and after consultation with him I continued my tour to Papinville in Bates County where after careful inquiries of the most reliable and respectable citizens of that county and of the county of Vernon, I have ascertained the following to be substantially the